elsewhere

else-where · adverb

imported

Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In, at, or to some other place or other places.

  2. 2.

    Used to indicate that something applies in other contexts or situations.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    look elsewhere — to search in other places or consider other options
  • •
    take one's business elsewhere — to stop being a customer and go to a competitor

Related words

Antonyms: here, in this place
See also: anywhere, else, nowhere, somewhere
Synonyms: in another place, in other places, somewhere else

Etymology

From Old English elles hwær, from elles ("else, otherwise") + hwær ("where"). The two words merged into a single compound in Middle English.